DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/30 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.4 - - 68.4 - - 64.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 0 - - 5 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 395 - - 902 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 920 - - 921 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1284 - - 1791 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 944 - - 1297 - - 1040 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 47 - - 88 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 14 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 199 - - 217 - - 189 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 0 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 184 - - 501 - - -242 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1100 - - 1290 - - 1179 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -541 - - -140 - - -5213 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1825 - - 1931 - - 6150 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 190 - - 110 - - 100 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.4 - - 68.4 - - 64.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.5 - - 65.5 - - 62.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 61.7 - - 68.6 - - 66.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.2 - - 65.1 - - 62.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 0 - - 5 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 395 - - 902 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 14 - - 12 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 97778 12 248 19 255 14 271 97778 90583 18 253 9 277 8 254 90583 85009 12 255 13 284 7 300 85009 80366 5 241 13 277 11 307 80366 76352 5 235 10 272 12 300 76352 72808 8 230 8 252 15 282 72808 69614 5 260 6 238 10 261 69614 66678 8 289 9 280 9 310 66678 63957 13 286 18 278 16 285 63957 61321 13 287 19 262 21 259 61321 58563 18 298 16 270 22 276 58563 55709 37 281 36 276 39 282 55709 53006 49 260 48 270 47 274 53006 50579 41 268 47 280 44 289 50579 48400 52 295 58 291 61 291 48400 46426 70 302 73 290 72 290 46426 44618 86 296 81 289 79 290 44618 42940 84 288 82 289 80 285 42940 41375 80 288 71 286 74 281 41375 39903 76 289 61 283 61 273 39903 38507 67 285 57 283 58 269 38507 37149 64 275 55 281 52 271 37149 35763 65 268 53 276 51 275 35763 34319 61 264 52 275 52 276 34319 32821 58 257 52 267 50 270 32821 31254 56 252 51 266 50 258 31254 29605 53 249 47 266 53 255 29605 27878 49 248 49 263 50 257 27878 26072 44 246 49 261 46 260 26072 24191 40 247 46 256 46 257 24191 22241 35 247 44 250 48 256 22241 20216 23 251 33 261 45 259 20216 18112 21 262 24 288 28 263 18112 15975 26 267 18 273 25 261 15975 13923 32 261 20 252 19 260 13923 12059 39 250 34 255 24 259 12059 10402 45 245 39 255 33 264 10402 8932 49 251 41 254 40 262 8932 7627 48 257 42 252 47 256 7627 6469 41 260 44 250 47 249 6469 5443 37 261 42 251 44 246 5443 4536 41 253 36 252 38 250 4536 3737 40 238 31 249 32 250 3737 3024 37 229 27 239 31 235 3024 2395 31 218 22 227 30 216 2395 1873 26 205 19*220 27 199 1873 1473 22*201 17*218 22 192 1473 1199 20*200 15 217 18 190 1199 1033 17 199 13 216 15 189 1033 937 12 198 9 215 9*189 937 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography